Week 38

No progress after Wed appointment. Doc said she will not induce me unless I super uncomfortable which I am not. Work is keeping me occupied so I am thankful for that.

Week 37

My husband and I are excited for little B to get here. He keeps asking me "Is there anything else we need to get?" No dude relax and install the doggone car seat base lol. Confession: We skipped our last childbirth class today and slept in. Thats what the internet is for.....

I have exactly 3 doctors appointments left. The last one sucked because I tested positive for Group B Strep which from what I read is a bacteria that lives in your G.I tract. It is my understanding that either you carry the bacteria or you don't. So because of that I have to get an antibiotic drip every 4 hours before and during labor or else little B can develop a severe infection. The Group B doesn't affect the carrier at all, just the baby on his way out. Doc didn't seem to pressed she said it was normal. I was pressed because I thought it was something I caught like cooties. She said its not. So as soon as my water breaks or I go into labor, I have to go to the hospital to get the IV drip. This was NOT my plan because I had planned on laboring at home for as long as I could in my own surroundings, now I gotta go in ASAP.

Soooo I need him to stay in as long as possible because my long term sub is doing someone else's leave on short notice and I need her to do mine since she was assigned to me first lol.

Hello 35 weeks

I don't have anything special to report out. I appreciate all of the weekly calls and texts I've been getting from people checking in on me (us). They usually go something like this:

Person: How are you hanging in there?

Me: Ready for it to be overrrr...

Person: Awww it won't be too much longer now

Me: I know, I need to reach in and get him out myself

I decided to post this very first ultrasound picture @ 6 weeks as a reminder of how far we've come...This was taken the day it was confirmed we were having a baby. I remember that day clearly because we absolutely could not believe what we were seeing on the screen. A flutter of a heartbeat then, and an almost fully grown baby now.

Week 34

There really is no more room for him or me for that matter. The doctor said she would like to see me put on a bit more extra weight. I'm thinking "ummm no thanks." Weekly appointments have started and they have just finished a new wing of the hospital that will house the OB/GYN outpatient offices. I'm excited to see what it looks like inside and also excited to be among the first to utilize it!

The nursery is 90% finished...FINALLY!

Dissertation process is moving along. I have a rough draft of Chapter 1 finished which has been written, ripped apart, revised, ripped apart by a different person, and revised again. I am now on my 5th draft (in one month) and I see why people rarely finish doctoral programs. I am happy to say that I still have straight A's after 18 credit hours of work. Two more classes to go and then I am done with coursework!

31 weeks

Still hanging in there. Looking forward to attending the Sade concert next week. It will be my second concert in a month!

Happenings:

My innie is now an outie....

People say I still look 4 months preggo.

We have narrowed our name list to two names but now we are back at square one with middle names, so the whole process has to begin again.

Nursery set up is next weekend. (Put the brakes on a home purchase. No sense in buying a house just because you have the money if you aren't really in love with it. I'm not really wanting to move in this condition anyway. Too hot...) The sesame street decals and foam building blocks have arrived. I just need some sort of small dresser/shelf combo for all 20 of his books.

All major baby items have been purchased! For some reason we do not have any blankets though??!! We went to Target yesterday and swooped up some baby pants on clearance. I figured they could go over any one of the 30 onesies he has once it gets cold.

Hello Labor and Delivery Dept. @ 29 weeks

Its been awhile since I've posted. We spent a scary night in labor and delivery. More bleeding out of nowhere. (Sorry TMI). This hasn't happened since waayyyy early in the pregnancy. We found ourselves in labor and delivery within 30 minutes from our house to me laying with the gown on. They strapped two monitors on my belly, and two for me. Luckily the high risk doctor was on call that night and was not able to find anything major, however they will be keeping an eye on my placenta as it may shift lower which may cause more issues. Apparently the baby thought this was funny because he chose to show off his acrobatic skills so much so that the nurse commented on it from her station across the room. I guess she must have been watching the monitors. I was very happy when they told us that we could go home. We just need to hang on for at least 9 more weeks.

100 days left

Thats what the ticker says for me. My countdown. I knocked another thing off of my to do list and that is getting a district level internship in a neighboring district. Hopefully this will provide better networking opportunities for me as I branch out. Grades were posted yesterday and I managed to keep my perfect 4.0 in my doctoral classes.

I had to take a glucose tolerance test yesterday. Can you say icky? Its a juice-like mixture they give you to test for gestational diabetes. Imagine drinking your hi-c orange pop from McDonald's the next day after you bought it...thats what its like. Fortunately I gulped it down and went about my day.

My doctor also told me she is leaving to go back to UCLA. I'm bummed. I really liked her. She referred me to another doctor and told me I would like her just as much.....I hope so.

B and I had an amazing time in Aruba. I came back with great tan lines! There were lizards and iguanas EVERYWHERE! I took a picture with one of them haha! We went on a sunset sail and it was so beautiful. The crew served me first b/c I was the only preggo onboard lol!